BC-NH--New Hampshire News Digest, NH

Wednesday

Nov 14, 2012 at 2:30 PM

New Hampshire at 2 p.m.

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OFFICER KILLED-APPEAL

CONCORD — New Hampshire's only death row convict may not have faced the ultimate penalty if jurors had been allowed to hear his assertions that he did not intend to kill a Manchester police officer in a dark alley six years ago, the inmate's attorney argued. Michael Addison's constitutional rights were violated when the trial judge refused to let jurors hear the hours-long interrogation conducted by officers after officer Michael Briggs' death, attorney David Rothstein told the justices of the New Hampshire Supreme Court. By Lynne Tuohy. AP Photos.

RECOUNT-O'BRIEN

CONCORD — Republican House Speaker William O'Brien is keeping his New Hampshire House seat.

VERIZON-COMCAST-NH

CONCORD — Verizon Wireless and Comcast are planning to sell each other's services in southern New Hampshire.

FISHING RULES

UNDATED — New England fishing regulators have approved a 2013 catch for yellowtail flounder on Georges Bank more than twice what was recommended by a committee that negotiates the shared catch with Canada. Members of the New England Fishery Management Council said Wednesday that they had no choice, in order to avoid the collapse of the local fishing and scalloping industries. But it came amid warnings that approval could destroy the longtime trade agreement with Canada. By Jay Lindsay.

ALSO GETTING ATTENTION:

— UNEMPLOYMENT RATE-NH — New Hampshire's unemployment rate for October was 5.7 percent, unchanged from the September rate.

— STORMWATER GRANTS — The University of New Hampshire is using $700,000 in grant funding to help communities use "green" infrastructure to better manage runoff from rainfall that is not absorbed into the ground.

— VERMONT TEACHER KILLED — A judge has denied a request by a woman charged with killing a popular Vermont prep school teacher to have her trial moved.

— FATAL CRASH-NH — Police say a 20-year-old man hit by a van while riding a scooter in Hampstead, N.H., has died.

— MOTEL OWNER ARRESTED — Police say the owner of a motel in Rye, N.H., has been charged with taking governmental assistance checks from her guests and depositing them without their knowledge.

— BIKE WEEK — The Laconia Motorcycle Week Association will have a new home during next year's bike gathering.

— FARMINGTON LANDFILL — New Hampshire's Department of Environmental Services says it's reached a "significant environmental milestone" with the closing of an unlined municipal landfill in Farmington this year.

— LIQUOR COMMISSION — A New Hampshire legislative committee recommends replacing the three-person state Liquor Commission with one person in charge and a deputy commissioner.

— CHRISTMAS TREE PERMITS — The White Mountain National Forest say people interested in finding and cutting down their own Christmas tree need a permit, a sharp saw, some cocoa — and a little patience.

— JAMAICAN PHONE SCAM — FairPoint Communications is reminding customers about a phone scam out of Jamaica following a forum in the Caribbean country that addressed the problem.

— RAINBOW DIVISION COMMANDER — A general who served two tours in Iraq and was garrison commander at the U.S. Army's Fort Drum has been named to command New York's Army National Guard's 42nd Infantry Division. Guard Brig. Gen. Harry Miller of Nashua, N.H., will replace Maj. Gen. Steven Wickstrom, a Massachusetts native who's led the Troy-based Rainbow Division since May 2009.